Bowthorpe Demographics (Norwich, England)

Bowthorpe is a ward in Norwich of East of England, England and includes areas of Bowthorpe Industrial Estate, Chapel Break, Three Score, Cloverhill, Guardian Road Industrial Estate, Larkman Estate and Marlpit Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Bowthorpe was 11,683 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.

The average age of people in Bowthorpe is 35, while the median age is lower at 31.

83.8% of people living in Bowthorpe were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Philippines, 1.1% India, 1.0% Scotland, 0.7% China, 0.6% Nigeria, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% North Africa, 0.3% Northern Ireland.

90.5% of people living in Bowthorpe speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Arabic, 0.8% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.6% All other Chinese, 0.5% Hungarian, 0.5% Polish, 0.5% Lithuanian, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.3% Latvian, 0.2% Malayalam.

The religious make up of Bowthorpe is 45.2% Christian, 40.7% No religion, 4.1% Muslim, 0.8% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic. 886 people did not state a religion. 41 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

37.6% of people are married, 14.2% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 32.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.6% are separated or divorced. There are 696 widowed people living in Bowthorpe.

The top occupations listed by people in Bowthorpe are Professional 16.8%, Elementary 16.7%, Elementary administration and service 14.4%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.9%, Skilled trades 11.5%, Sales and customer service 11.1%, Caring personal service 9.4%, Sales 9.2%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.0%, Administrative and secretarial 8.7%.